Unicode Character "◈" (U+25C8)

The character ◈ (White Diamond Containing Black Small Diamond) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+25C8. It is encoded in the Geometric Shapes block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ◈.

Main Unicode Properties

Name White Diamond Containing Black Small Diamond
Unicode Codepoint U+25C8
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Geometric Shapes
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+25C8 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ◈
HTML (hex) ◈
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%97%88
CSS \0025C8
JavaScript, JSON \u25C8
C, C++, Java \u25C8
Python \u25C8
Rust \u{25C8}
Ruby \u25C8

How to type "◈"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 5 C 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 5 C 8. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ◈
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ◈
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ◈
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x97 0x88
UTF-16 (hex) 0x25C8
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000025C8

References